ABSTRACT
THE branch of Art which is known under the above name is so important a one in connection with Japanese Art that it can hardly be treated of at all in a small compass. But illustrations, good, bad, and indifferent, coloured and otherwise, come over here in such profusion, are obtainap~e at such small cost, and consequently are so widely distributed, that a rapid glance at the history of the Art which has produced them comes of nece·ssity within the scope of this work.
